Rishabh Pant scored 37 runs with the help of 3 fours and 1 six in the first innings of the first match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy being played against Australia in Perth. You may think that this is a low score for Pant, but this was the second highest individual score in an innings for Team India. With these runs, Pant has defeated many big giants and has made himself number one in a special record.
In fact, now Rishabh Pant has scored the most runs as a visiting wicketkeeper (wicketkeeper accompanying the touring teams) in Test cricket inside Australia.
Earlier this record was registered in the name of former England wicketkeeper Alan Knott. Knott had scored 643 runs in Australia. Now Pant has broken Alan Knott’s record by scoring 661 runs. The thing to note is that Knott had played 22 innings, while Pant did this feat in the 13th innings. Visiting wicketkeepers who scored the most Test runs in Australia
Rishabh Pant- 661 runs
Alan Knott- 643 runs
Jeff Dujon- 587 runs.
The first day was in the name of bowlers
It is worth noting that the first day of the Perth Test was in the name of bowlers. A total of 17 wickets fell on the first day. Team India, who won the toss and came out to bat first, were all out for 150 runs in 49.4 overs. During this, Nitish Kumar Reddy played the biggest innings of 41 runs with the help of 6 fours and 1 six for the team. Fast bowler Josh Hazlewood took the maximum 4 wickets in this innings for Australia.
Then Australia came out to bat in their first innings and could put 67/7 runs on the board by the end of the day. During this, Jasprit Bumrah, who was captaining the match for Team India, took the maximum 4 wickets. The remaining 2 wickets went to Mohammed Siraj and 1 wicket went to Harshit Rana.
